Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Joy Document: Creating a Midlife of Surprise and DelightOnce you begin looking for joy, you can find it pretty much anywhere. When Jennifer McGaha's grandmother was in her late eighties, Jennifer asked her what her favorite age so far had been. ""Fifty-five,"" her grandmother answered, as though there were something magical about...
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The Inner Voice: The Making of a SingerThe fascinating personal story of one of the most celebrated talents in today's music scene The star of the Metropolitan Opera's recent revival of Dvorak's Rusalka, soprano Renée Fleming brings a consummately beautiful voice, striking interpretive talents, and compelling artistry to bear on performances...
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The Heart of a WomanIn The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers, reads her work at the Harlem Writers Guild, and begins to take part...
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The God I Love: A Lifetime of Walking with JesusA little girl on a big horse, cantering across a spring-green pasture . . . wide-eyed children gathered 'round a beach fire, listening to a father's stories of the high seas . . . an expansive, you-can-see-forever view from the top of Pike's Peak...
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The Girl with the Duck Tattoo: A MemoirSarma had a thriving restaurant, a beloved brand, and a mission: to change the way people eat.From the outside, her life appeared charmed-celebrity patrons, glowing press, and a business on the brink of expansion-until she met the man who would dismantle it all and...
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The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age AmericaNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy "Gatsby-era...
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The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of UsNATIONAL BESTSELLER An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume's life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconic--and controversial--young adult novels, from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. to Blubber. Everyone knows Judy Blume. Her books have garnered her fans of...
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Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiotAn NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A Goodreads Choice Awards nominee...
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The Durrells: The Story of a FamilyA variously tragic tale of escapism and assimilation, Richard Bradford's The Durrells explores the truth behind the image. The Durrells are probably the most celebrated literary family of the 20th century. Gerald turned them into celebrities with his tripartite memoir, beginning with My Family...
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The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army"A terrific biography....The dramatic story of how the American army that beat the British was forged has never been better told than in this remarkable book."--Doris Kearns Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of Team of Rivals The true story of the Baron de...
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The Don Cherry StoryDon Cherry is one of the most well-known Canadians and also one of the most controversial, known for his outspoken opinions on hockey, politics and any number of topics. On Remembrance Day, November 11, 2019, it all came to an end. However, there's more...
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The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee LivesThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen, called on 17 fellow refugee writers from across the globe to shed light on their experiences, and the result is The Displaced, a powerful dispatch from the individual lives behind current headlines. Today the...
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The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock BandNow a Netflix original movie starring Machine Gun Kelly, Daniel Webber, Douglas Booth, and Iwan Rheon, directed by Jeff Tremaine. "Without a doubt, it is the most detailed account of the awesome pleasures and perils of rock & roll stardom I have ever read....
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The Diary of St. GemmaFrom 1899 until her death in 1903, the young Italian woman St. Gemma Galgani physically experienced the wounds of Christ every Thursday evening. The stigmata would appear and bleed on her hands, feet, and side, stopping only on Fridayafternoon and leaving white marks as...
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The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR BEN KINGSLEYA powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her childhood growing up during the Holocaust and surviving a string of near-death experiences in a Jewish ghetto, a Nazi...
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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine"A masterpiece of women's wisdom."--Christiane Northrup, M.D. "The journey to capture her feminine soul and live authentically . . . makes a fascinating, well-researched and well-written story."--Publishers WeeklyIn celebration of the twentieth anniversary of its publication, a newly reissued edition of the bestselling author's...
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The Courage and Character of Theodore Roosevelt: A Hero Among LeadersThe faith and character of Theodore Roosevelt are examined in context with his life and achievements in this biography.Author: George GrantPublisher: Cumberland House PublishingPublished: 04/15/2005Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.12h x 6.28w x 0.66dISBN: 9781581824391About the AuthorGrant, George: - George Grant is a director...
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The Compost File: Stories for the Striver in Us AllFrom the ties that anchor us, to the have-to/get-to junctures that scaffold our days, to the shoulder-brush interactions that shape our perspectives, the stories in The Compost File alert us to what we might be missing while we're looking the other way.Sherri Coale sees...
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The Classic Slave NarrativesA seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, The History of Mary Price: A West Indian Slave, Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl, and The Life of Olaudah Equiano. Before the end of the...
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The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture (Expanded Edition)A revised edition of this celebrated cultural history features a new afterword and three new chapters focusing on the global K-pop phenomenon BTS, as well as the Academy Award-winning film Parasite and the hit Netflix series Squid Game.In this fresh, funny, and insightful cultural...
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